Here is the full report
https://www.scribd.com/document/430919278/MandatoryWaitingPeriods-LindoPinedaTorres
Rilly? Caused? Maybe it would be more scientific to say that in the study, the 48-hour waiting period was associated (some-freakin-how that's probably unknown) with a 38-percent increase in the number of girls who had abortions in their second trimester.
The numbers, if accurate, could also indicate a significant benefit to the 48-hour delay. Did the researchers--or the reporter--ask whether the fact that there is now a waiting period resulted in more girls changing their minds and deciding against an abortion before their first visit to the clinic?
What if their awareness of the 48-hour delay before any abortion--which is a message that this decision is a big deal--caused more reflection on the part of a large number of the girls considering abortion? What if the result was that an extra 38 percent of the girls didn't show up for their appointments at all? (No-shows for appointments are very common at abortion clinics.)
That would have left a larger proportion of the girls remaining on the appointment list who had more pressure on them to off their babies (God have mercy), and had already decided it was their only way out--and so were less affected by the 48-hour delay. That could account for an increase in the proportion of second-trimester abortions--among those who showed up for their appointments.
I'd love to see the numbers.